How to get OS architecture in Windows PowerShell
In PowerShell if you need to determine the process or OS architecture, you should theoretically be able to leverage the .NET APIs to find it out. And in fact this…
Are warning-free builds really a good thing?
I’m a big fan of pipelines that fail for warnings as well as errors. Such a policy keeps repos clean, current, less buggy, and even more agile. This works best…
Library.Template: A git repo template for .NET development
It is amazing what the .NET SDK can enable you to build with so little code. But very soon you need to add a cloud build pipeline for CI builds…
Hosting Zcash litewalletd via Zebra
In previous posts, I described how I hosted a zcashd node and added a litewalletd service on top of that. In this post, I describe why and how I switched…
How to host a Zcash litewalletd server via docker
In a prior post I documented how I used a docker-compose.yml file to make it easy to create and maintain a zcashd server. In this post, I add a litewalletd…
HODL Is Not Enough-Crypto Must Become an Economic Currency
If cryptocurrencies were only good as an investment, BTC might be enough by itself. But of course, the value many people see in cryptocurrency is to supplant fiat currency, including…
How to host a Zcash node via docker
I’ve been running my own zcashd node in a docker container for quite a while. But it has been hosted by my primary Windows machine. Today, I moved it to…
Moved from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress
The URL is the same but hosting for this blog has moved from Google’s Blogger to hosting WordPress on my own server. I learned a lot in this transition, and…
Should I merge or rebase in git?
A lot has been said about whether folks should rebase, squash or merge into their git repos. It has almost gotten to the level of religious arguments like tab vs.…
How to sell your Coinbase Multi-sig wallet coins on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network
The Bitcoin Cash (BCC/BCH) fork was controversial and many expected it to quickly die, which is why Coinbase announced ahead of the fork that customers would not have access to…